More On Online Game Cheating

Build6 writes "The UK Guardian newspaper has an article on online cheating in games, with some fairly broad-ranging observations. These include ways to cheat, players who feel cheated by it, and an interview with someone who actually codes game cheats, in this case for Counter-Strike. He secretly gathers information from his users and claims: 'Did you know most cheaters come from France?'" We covered game cheating a few weeks ago, but this article focuses more on why coders would want to create cheating devices.

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Did you know most cheaters come from France?

It's worth noting that the particular user making this comment lives in the UK; the vast majority of the twitch games worth playing are going to be served and populated by locals-- in this case, people on the Eastern side of the Atlantic.

I've seen far too many lame people on "local" U.S. of A. servers to believe that France has the highest incidence of cheaters across the globe. At the very least, I don't see how they could be at the top of the list if you're talking about sheer quantity.